How common is the surname Corn?

6,528 people in the United States had the surname Corn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,296 Americans. It ranked 5,335th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Corn?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Corn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Corn?

David Corn, American journalist (born 1959).

Where is the surname Corn most common?

Wikidata records people named Corn in the United States.

Is the surname Corn getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,528 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Corn

A surname, carried by 6,528 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corn is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the nouns crane, corn, and quern. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Korn, meaning "grain."

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,528 people named Corn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,296 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,643.

#5,335

rank among US surnames

6,528

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,847)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,329	Marston	6,535	47,245
#5,331	Plank	6,534	47,252
#5,333	Morelli	6,532	47,267
#5,335	Corn	6,528	47,296

Who is named Corn

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Corn identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Corns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Corn
American journalist (born 1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Corn

Corn has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Questions

Where does the surname Corn come from?: * As an English surname, from the nouns crane, corn, and quern. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Korn, meaning "grain."
How common is the surname Corn?: 6,528 people in the United States had the surname Corn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,296 Americans. It ranked 5,335th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Corn?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Corn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Corn?: David Corn, American journalist (born 1959).
Where is the surname Corn most common?: Wikidata records people named Corn in the United States.
Is the surname Corn getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,528 in 2010, down 1.7%.